Robert Townsend produced, directed, co-wrote and stars in this 1987 low-budget comedy that jokes about filmmaking and the lack of quality roles for black actors in Hollywood. The film generally is a series of skits, but the humor is occasionally so funny that the lack of solid structure hardly is a concern. Townsend plays Bobby Taylor, an aspiring young actor who despirately wants to be in a movie, but runs into stereotypes. While he works at his day job at the Winky-Dinky Dog hotdog stand, he dreams of what could be.

The funniest of the bits remains "Sneakin In The Movies", an incredibly funny parody of what is now "Roeper and Ebert". Two homeboys sneak into movies and rate pictures like "Amadeus", "Attack of the Street Pimps" and "Dirty Larry". Another very funny bit includes a commercial for "Black Acting School", where "Jive Talk 101" is one of the classes. Some of the scenes in the film go on a little too long or aren't quite successful, but more often than not, Townsend succeeds in coming through with a very funny parody.

It's also impressive that all of this was done on a $100,000 budget. With borrowed film, deferred payments and a short shooting schedule, Townsend was able to make a sharp, funny film that looks quite good. The film was also a success, bringing in 5.2 million at the box office.